Oh, my! Do I ever say this a hundred times a day!!! I like the photograph and the treatment. I'm afraid you'll be blasted by the purist on the site -- hope not. Maybe my score will help offset some of the low ones. :)
Challenge link: strong. This cenario is very familiar to me! ; )
Image critique: I love the compostion here and the cat's angle is just great - that pose where the tail flicks a bit as they wait around letting all the cold air in! My main problem with this is the destruction of your image in a gimmicky treatment. The effect on the door fram is nice, but the rest becomes too distressed and undoes your good work. I'd have preferred simply a harsh, contrasty black & white of this.
Will probably be voted low because of the FX.
Out of challenge interest: yes, fairly strong as an image.
yep -- been there! I like the wild effect - keeps what could be a boring shot interesting. Minor nit - florr pattern lower left competes with the details on the cat (suggest cloning out??) As presented - one of my favorites this challenge. Extra markes for creativitiy
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